I have never told you to shut up ever. Now suggesting you he a bit more brief, absolutely. Again, there is that convienant ignore button.
I tell you what... whatever bad feelings I might have... im dropping them and starting fresh
and I am doing that with everyone here at hfboards. when I started here 15 years ago or whenever that was the place was small and I was able to know every single poster. hell, I used to recap the activities of the board every week for those who had missed something lol
I was younger and new to a forum that allowed me to chat with like minded individuals about my obsession... and I had almost infinite patience to deal with whatever life was throwing me
over the years... I lost that patience as I grew older. and this board certainly grew larger
and maybe I became to hyper sensitive to the idea that new people were joining year after year and were getting into fights with some of the origionals who had been with me creating what I felt was kind of a paradise here in the beginning
when theres 100s and 100s of people all debating here... theres going to be lots of little personal feuds and maybe I will quickly lose track of who is fighting with who
maybe I will not have a clear understanding of who is involved in who's clique. maybe I will become angry at the wrong people because of my confusion over who did what where and when
for a few years... I didn't really bother saying anything about how I viewed some debates getting too personal because I was offered a moderator job and I turned it down. I sort of gave up my right to say anything. and I don't own this place... there are owners here who get to decide what goes on and they aren't me. they get moderators to help them run it the way they want... and im not one of those. so I basically just became selfish and only responded to what I felt were attacks on myself. I left the greater battle to others.
I still believe the battle is a battle worth fighting though. what we had here in the beginning was so special that I wish we could bring it back. friends talking about their passionate love affair with other friends... that's something worth fighting for.
so ive told myself im going to just try to do my small tiny part with an example. im going to stomp down my natural instincts to throw elbows. im going to go back to suggesting the ignore button for those who cant handle my posting style
if people misquote me or mis represent me... im going to take the time to reexplain my pov. I don't care if people disagree with me. hell, it wouldn't be any fun if we all agreed on everything... but I will still allow myself to get upset if they misrepresent me. I will still take time to correct it so my pov gets shared in my own words.
if someone is going to attack my lack of punctuation or my long winded posts... I will simply tell them im very passionate about this and I got a lot of spare time on my hands... unfortunately I have severe carpo tunnel and I choose to type with just 2 fingers here so im not going to capitalize much or use any fancy punctuation.
if everyone puts me on ignore... that's their right. honestly, I know they wont. and honestly theres way more people here than I could ever possibly get to know. the people that don't put me on ignore are more than enough for me to chat with. so people who hate my long winded posts or my lack of punctuation or my arrogant attitude... they could all put me on ignore and id be ok with it.
but for those who do want to discuss the hockey world and my favorite team with me... I will do my damn best to have fun discussing it right back with them. I hope this forum can find a nicer way to treat each other of its members and I cant make anyone follow suit but I can do my small part and try to be nicer myself.
so... as of today... this moment... everyone gets a fresh start with me. hopefully the bruins go on a big winning streak now and helps give us things that are happy and cheerful to talk about to make this new 'happy puppy' era an easier thing to kick off